Ash holder for cigarettes and cigars



June 24 1924. I I 1,498,585

I F. M. SPURR ASH HOLDER FOR CIGARETTES AND CIGARS Filed June 12. 1925 \nvenTon' FosTer M. spurr a2 byswwkw A1Tys.

Patents .le 4 1924. v

' was FOSTER M. SIURR, OF MATTAPAN, MASSACHUSETTS. I

ASH HOLDER FOR CIGARETTES AND To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FosTER M. SPUnR, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Mattapan, county of Suffolk, State of 5 Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Ash Holders for Cigarettes and Cigars, of which the following description, in-connectionwith the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like characters on the drawing representing like parts. I

This invention relates to an ash holder of the type adapted to be retained on the end of the cigarette or cigar holder to keep the ashes of the cigarette or cigar from falling.

The general object of the invention is to provide such an ash tray which is removable from the cigarette or cigar holder and to which the ashes will adhere as they are formed.

Other objects and features of the invention will be more fully hereinafter set forth. In order to give an understanding of the invention I have illustrated in the drawings '25 a selected embodiment thereof which will now be described after which the novel.

features will be pointed out in the appended claims. i In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective showin holder applied to the cigarette ho der with a partially consumed cigarette therein;

.Fig. 2 is a plan view of the empty cigarette holder with the ash holder attached; F Fig. 3 is a section longitudinally through ig. 2; I

Fig. 4 is an elevation showing the ash holder swung away from the cigarette holder for the reception or removal of a cigarette;

- Fig. 5 is a plan view showing the cigarette holder and ash holder in folded position.

In ash holders of the type which are adapted to be applied to the end of a cigarette or cigar holder, the ash holder is usually fastened to the cigarette holder by means of a special attachment and the cigarette is spaced from the ash holder to perconstruction, however, the ashes fall from the ash mit the cigarette to burn freely. With this Application filed .Tune 12, 1923. ,Serial No. 644,886.

accidentally be 'tip ed the ashes will fall therefrom. With t e device which forms the subject matter of the present application, the cigarette is .closelyadjacent the ash holder and the ashes as they are formed lie on the tray of the ash holder and are re tained there even though the ash holder be tipped. The ash holder has a portion at one end to closely but remo-vably embrace the end of a cigarette holder of the usual shape and the tray is provided with a slit closely embrace the cigarette supported by the holder. The cigarette is denoted at 4 and the ashes at 5. T

In order to retain the ash holder on the cigarette holder, the portion 1 of the ash holder which embraces the end of the cigarette holder has spring parts 6 and 7 yieldingly gripping the end of the cigarette holder at pairs of opposed points 8 and 9. Although any'number of pairs of points may be made on the portion 1 of the ash holder, I prefer to have only two pairs of such points because by so designing the ash holder it may be simply constructed and will be firmly retained on the cigarette holder. A point support for the ash holder is preferred because it is desirable that .the ash holder. be swung at an angle to the cigarette holder in order to permit the insertion or removal of a cigarette without remov In my device this may be accomplished by freeing one pair of points 8 from the ci aholder on the cigarette holder when in its oblique position. v v

When it-is desired to fold the cigarette holder and ash holder into a small space, as for instance when it is desired to put the combination 'into a case or into a pocket for carrying, the cigarette holder may be entirely removed from the ash holder and the position of the parts reversed andthen the cigarette holder replaced on the ash holder in such reversed position to fold the device into the position shown in Fig. 5. it is obvious that the points 8 aid 9 must extend above the center line ofthe cigarette holder'so that they will snap over the widest portion of the end of the cigarette holder to retain the ash holder in position- It is important in an ash holder of this type not only that the ash holder should catch the ashes as they are formed by the burning of the cigarette but also that they should be securely retained in the holder even though the holder be moved into various positions from which the ashes in the usual type of holder would fall. To this end the ash holder of my invention is of a trough shape and ofa size so that 'it lies closely adjacent to and embraces a cigarette which is supported by the cigarette holder.

llhe tray 3 which extends from the portion 1 of the ash holder has upstanding sides 10 and 11 which lie close to the cigarette and extend upwardly around the cigarette as far as possible but still permit the cigarette topass between the upstanding sides. With this construction the tray lies closely adjacent the cigarette in order that when the cigarette burns, the fluid products from the cigarette will be deposited on the inside of the tray and, as such products are usually sticky, they Will serve to hold tlie ashes on the tray and prevent them from falling therefrom, even though the ash holder be tipped. The fluid products become more adhesive when they are heated and since the cigarette is so close to the tray it heats the tray as it burns to keep the products in a condition in which they more fully accomplish the purpose of retaining the ashes on the tray. Since the upstanding sides closely embrace the cigarette and the ashes which are formed, an adhesive substance almostentirely surrounds the ashes, and causes the ashes to cling to the ash holder. In addition to this the upstanding walls protect the ashes from drafts of air which might blow the ashes from the ash holder, and the ashes are retained on the holder in a cylinder just as they are formed even though the ash holder be tipped or exposed to drafts which would ordinarily cause the ashes to fall from the holder. lit has been found that the ash holder may be turned upside down without ashes falling from the tray. i

In order. to permit the cigarette to burn freely, the tray is provided with a slit l2 longitudinally thereof whereby although wastes the cigarette lies closely adjacent the tray, the air .necessary to burn the cigarette may be drawn through the slit. The slit extends,

as shown in the drawings, from a point adj ucent the tip end of the cigarette holder to a point close to the end of the ash tray.

The ash tray may be'made of any material which is not inflammable but is preferably made of a material which has enough "spring to it so that when the portion 1 is formed and the points 8 and 9 are made thereon they will firmly grip the end of the cigarette holder to which the ash holder is applied. if have found that aluminum is a substance which is well suited for the purpose for which the ash holder is to be used and IL prefer to make the ash holder of this material.

Although a particular and preferred form of the invention has been described modifications may be made and the invention is to be construed as broadly as the limitations in the claims, taken in conjunction with the prior art, may allow. ll further desire that the terms cigarette and cigarette holder to which reference has been made throughout the specification and claims, be construed generally to include a cigar and cigar holder, or other similar articles.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is:

1. The combination with a cigarette holder, bf an ash holder having a portion at one end for fastening the ash holder to the cigarette holder and a tray extending from said portion to lie under the cigarette and in contact therewith, said tray being pro- .vided with an opening whereby the cigarette is permitted to burn freely because of the opening and the ashes are retained on the tray.

2. The combination with .a cigaretm holder, of an ash holder having a portion at one end for fastening the ash holder to the cigarette holder and a tray extending from said portion to lie under and in contact with the cigarette, said tray being provided with a slit longitudinally thereof whereby the cigarette is permitted to burn freely because of the slit and deposit on the tray fluid products to which the ashes adhere.

I 3. The combination with a cigarette holder, of an ash holder having a 'portion at one end to closely but removably'embrace the end of the cigarette holder and a troughshaped tray extending from said portion to closelyembrace a cigarette supported by the holder, said tray being provided with a slit longitudinally thereof whereby the cigarette is permitted to burn freely because of the slit and heat the tray to retainthe ashes on the tray.

4. The combination with a cigarette holder, of an ash holder having a tray exage-wees y tending under the cigerettetohold the ashes other pair by which the esh holder is reend having a, portion attached to the trey tained on the'eigerette holder topresent the with spring parts yieldingly gripping the free end of said cigarette holder for the re; 3 endof the cigarette holder at pairs of op-' ception or removal of a cigarette. 5 posed points on the sides thereof whereby In testimony whereof, 1 have signed my one pair of points may be freed. from the name to this specification. holder and the ash holder swung about 2.111- v FOSTER SPURR, 

